By Angela Jones At Monday night’s County Commission meeting, something was missing, and no one was sorry it was gone. The arguing and acrimony that had marked so many meetings this past year was absent, a very welcome change to the start of new terms for six commissioners and the first meeting for Mark Ward…
The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) announced last week that Benton County will be one of six new counties selected to participate in the latest round of the Select Tennessee Property Evaluation Program (PEP). Benton County/Camden Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Lorie Matlock and Benton County Economic Development Director Jennifer Wheatley have…
The Eva Beach Music and Arts Festival was held this past Saturday at NBF State Park. Great weather and music welcomed attendees, as well as numerous art and food vendors. The event, sponsored by the Tennessee River Resort District, is a yearly festival that focuses on showcasing local talent. “I believe that this was the…
On Saturday morning, Sept. 17, Camden’s American Legion Post 102 conducted their quarterly trash pick-up for their two-mile section of the Tennessee Adopt-A-Highway program. Post 102 is responsible for the two miles of roadway from mile marker 11-13 on Hwy. 641 in Benton County. Adopt-A-Highway is a program of the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT)….
The Benton County Genealogical Society (BCGS) was organized in 1986 and chartered in 1987. The group is still going strong with meetings at 6:30 p.m. every fourth Thursday of the month at the Benton County Library in Camden. The Genealogical Society room at the library is full of county information along with family tree books…
At the Benton County/Camden Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting for the recruiting and retention office of the Tennessee Army National Guard post in Camden, (from left) Jennifer Wheatley, Buck Carter, Reba Robins, Andrew Morrow, Kevin Stepp, Laurie Pierce, Dawn Bongiovanni, and Lorie Matlock celebrated the hard work SPC Morrow does for the National Guard. “We…
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